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Please add the ability to protect and unprotect work sheets in excel iOS.

I regularly use excel on Mac and lock my cells for security and to avoid accidental input. But then I can’t unprotect the sheet from my iOS devices to edit it on the go. Frustrating and disappointing as I have seen this suggestion frequently pop up.

Please add Analysis ToolPak/Solver for Chromebook. I just bought this Chromebook for school with the intent of using Excel. After hours of setting it up and downloading all the necessary items, I find out I can’t even use this Chromebook. I now have to return this computer. Such a hassle. Would have been nice to know in advance.

Hey, I love the Office suite, Microsoft does some of the best software in the world. But some of use feel as second class citizens with your offers on iPad and other tablets.
First of all, aside from Word and PowerPoint, please bring multi-window support on iPad. And make a full DESKTOP CLASS version, now with mouse support would be great! I need some features which are essential in my workflow, such as: conditional formatting, consolidate, remove duplicates, group, subtotal, password for individual sheets and full books, MACROS, etc. The iPad is capable of having a full Excel experience, and for something we all pay for I think it’s long overdue, even the web version on Safari for iPad (which is a DESKTOP CLASS browser) supports more features than the app (but not as much as MacOS or Windows variants). Ando now with full cursor support, I’m sure it’ll be a much better experience.

Hey, I love the Office suite, Microsoft does some of the best software in the world. But some of use feel as second class citizens with your offers on iPad and other tablets.
First of all, aside from Word and PowerPoint, please bring multi-window support on iPad. And make a full DESKTOP CLASS version, now with mouse support would be great! I need some features which are essential in my workflow, such as: conditional formatting, consolidate, remove duplicates, group, subtotal, password for individual sheets and full books, MACROS, etc. The iPad is capable of having a full Excel experience, and…

Is it possible to add a manual button to raise and lower keyboard when using excel on a tablet? Keyboard is difficult to open when cell is double tapped and pops up in situations where it is not needed like when reviewing formulas that use multiple cells and cannot be closed.